I absolutely love growing herbs and even wrote a book about it! They’re not terribly fussy plants for the most part and many will provide a very good harvest in even the smallest spaces.

My books You Grow Girl, Grow Great Grub: Organic Food from Small Spaces, Easy Growing: Organic Herbs and Edible Flowers from Small Spaces, and Drinking the Summer Garden all contain instruction on growing these delicious flavour-packed plants in small spaces and on a tiny budget. They also include herb and edible flower focussed recipes that include making your own homegrown dressings and vinegars, olive oil infusions, refreshing alcoholic and non-alcoholic summer beverages, herbal teas, and much, much more.

You can also try searching key categories and tags such as: herbs and edible flowers.

• Make more herbs by taking cuttings.
• How to extend the harvest.
• Grow thyme indoors through the winter months.
• Broadleaf thyme — an unkillable herb to grow indoors.
• How I got my non-gardening brother set up with a fresh herb garden on his apartment balcony. Here’s what it looked like at the end of the summer.

• Grow a selection of herbs in a strawberry pot.
• This mixed container includes ‘Mojito’ mint.
• Flea market mint pot.
• Grow a Stunning Mixed Strawberry and Herb Container
• Strawberries and violas in a recycled flour cannister.
• Two types of mint growing in a vintage doll buggy. (I have violets growing it in now)
• An old washbasin filled with chives, thyme, and pansies. Cheap and easy!
• Herbs in a shopping cart — another unique container idea!
• This fall, grow an edible, container full of herbs.

• 5 Edible flowers for your early summer salads.

• Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) [leaves, stems, and flowers]
• Basil (Ocimum spp.) [leaves, stems, and flowers]
• Bee Balm (Monarda) [leaves, stems, and flowers]
• Borage (Borago officinalis) [young greens and flowers]
• Brassica flowers (i.e kale, mustard greens)
• Calendula (Calendula officinalis) [flowers and young leaves]
• Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) [leaves, flowers, and bulbs]
• Dill (Anethum graveolens) [leaves, stems, and flowers]
• Edible weeds
• Garlic (Allium sativum) [flowers/scapes]
• Lavender (Lavandula spp.) [flower buds are best]
• Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) [leaves, stems, and flowers]
• Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) [leaves]
• Marigold (Tagetes spp.) [flowers and leaves of some species. Consume in moderation]
• Mint (Mentha spp.) [leaves, stems, and flowers]
• Nasturtium (Tropaelum majus) [flowers and young leaves]
• Oregano and Marjoram (Origanum spp.) [leaves, stems, and flowers]
• Pansies and violas (Viola cornuta, V. tricolor) [petals]
• Parsley (Petroselinum crispum) [leaves, stems, flowers, and roots]
• Add Pea flowers (Pisum sativum)
• Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) (flowers)
• Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) [leaves, stems, and flowers]
• Roses (Rosa spp.) [flowers and fruit/hips]
• Sage (Salvia spp.) [leaves, stems, and flowers]
• Scented Geranium (Pelargonium spp.) [leaves and flowers]
• Shiso (Perilla frutescens) [leaves, stems, and flowers]
• Sorrel (Rumex spp.) [young leaves are best]
• Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana) [leaves and flowers]
• Sunflowers (Helianthus annus) [flower buds, petals, and seeds]
• Thyme (Thymus spp.) [leaves, stems, and flowers]
• Violet (Viola odorata) [flowers and young leaves]

• Homegrown and Homemade Lavender and Honey Caramels
• Breakdown of a homegrown greens and edible flowers salad.
• Herbal Vinegars
• Whip up a batch of scentsational Salomoia Bolognese (Italian Herbed Salt)
• Tomato and Sage Bread Soup: a rich and warm way to use the fall sage harvest.
• Lemon Balm Tea is a rainy day delight
• Sage leaves, battered and fried. Yum.
• Simple tips for preserving and using the herb harvest.
• Stinging Nettle Tea
• Refreshing sun tea on a hot summer day.
• Nettle Soup.

• Grow and make your own bath and beauty products (Borage Toner, Calendula Oil, and Chamomile Tea).
• Make your own herbal bath tea.
• Make herbal pillows for all occasions — easy to sew!
• Gift It: A bouquet of fresh, homegrown herbs for a friend who loves to cook.
• Make your own smudge sticks from plants grown in your garden.